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BW- Reputation vs. Character
What matters more: a person’s reputation, or a person’s character? Why?
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Lk. 10:26-29 My Neighbor? Where does v. 27 come from?
What is the key question this passage tries to address?
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Who is YOUR Neighbor? How would you answer the lawyer’s question? What criteria do you use? “Neighbor” in this world meant “my fellow Jew”
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Lk. 10:30-32 Passers By Who passes the wounded man by?
Why do you think they don’t stop to help him?
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Passers By Wounded man passed by _______ and _______ Both are worried
about ritual purity Touching a corpse or blood makes you “unclean”
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Parable of the good Samaritan
Priest: a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and esp. to make sacrificial offerings. Had to remain clean. Levite: A person from the Tribe of Levi. These people were temple helpers who had to remain clean.
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Samaritans Lk. 10:33-35 How does the Samaritan respond to the wounded man? Who were the Samaritans?
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Samaritans Samaritan: they were outcast people because they were of mixed ethnic and religious backgrounds. They were not fully Jew and so many Jews did not like them.
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Hi, Neighbor! Jesus identifies the one who shows mercy / helps others as a neighbor Expands the concept to include outsiders / enemies Redefines role based on service not receiving help
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Allegory Allegory- a device in which characters or events in a story, poem, or picture represent or symbolize ideas and concepts
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St. Augustine’s Interpretations:
Good Samaritan Story: Interpretations: Jerusalem A- The Church Jericho B- Satan Robbers C- The Torah Priest D- Jesus Levite E- Jesus’ Second Coming Samaritan F- Heaven Inn G- Earth Samaritan’s Return H- The Prophets
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